Console / Dashboard

question
1

Sorry if I’m missing something obvious, but do you have to run in ASP.NET MVC in order to have access to the dashboard? I thought that if I did:

void main(string[] args)
{
  JobStorage.Current = new SqlServerStorage(@"<my info>");
  using(var server = new BackgroundJobServer())
  {
    /* ... */
    Console.ReadLine();
  }
}

That the dashboard would be available somewhere. What obvious thing am I missing? Only when I started this from an ASP.NET MVC project was I able to have access to it.

2

You are not required to run ASP.NET MVC. I just created a blog post about how to do this since I had the same problem!

http://frankouimette.com/tutorial-installing-hangfire-without-asp-net-mvc/

3

Gotcha. Thanks for your reply. I was looking at solely using console, but that makes sense that it can’t tap into the IIS asset pipeline if there’s no web server :slight_smile: Currently I’m just going to have a web project that only serves the purpose of the dashboard.

4

I guess a simple yet better way instead of creating a new web project, spawn a new OWIN WebApp to self host,on startup of a windows service or a console application.

example:

protected static IDisposable WebApplication;
    private static int Main(string[] args)
    {
		StartWebServer();
        // start your windows service
    }

    public static void StartWebServer()
    {
        WebApplication = WebApp.Start<WebPipeline>("http://localhost:5000");
    }

    public static void StopWebserver()
    {
        WebApplication.Dispose();
    }

    public class WebPipeline
    {
        public void Configuration(IAppBuilder app)
        {
            app.UseHangfire(config =>
            {
                config.UseSqlServerStorage("<connection string or its name>");
                config.UseServer();
            });
        }
    }
}

More on owin:

5

@haricharan123, This is great as long as you have access to install such an app on the server. Otherwise you will need to rely upon IIS for all your needs. :smile: